Design: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa
Location: Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran
Collaborators: Kaveh Akef, Milad Haghnejad
Construction: Javad Abbasi
Client: Manouchehr Mirdamad
Total Cost: €850
Materials: Gas pip, Bamboo, Rice stream
Maximum diameter: 8 sqm
Minimum diameter: 6 sqm
Maximum height: 3,30 sqm
Project area: 40 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa
Pouya Khazaeli Parsa :
He set about cutting 3mm strips of foam and bending each strip into a
semi-circle, rotating and joining them by their tips. It was not until
he had installed nearly one third of the semi-circles that he realized
the strips were far too thick to create a dome. He wanted to completely
change his method of construction, but to me he was creating a wonderful
method of sheltering far more interesting than a conventional dome, so
beautiful and very simple. I asked him to complete the model with the
same method and, as I had anticipated, the result was quite amazing.
Two years later when I was approached by Mr. Mirdamad, who was
looking for a novel model of construction for the development of a
resort town near the forests of Katalom in northern Iran, the method returned to me.
I decided to use bamboo
as there is plenty of it the region making it cheap and easy to gather
sufficient materials. We used seventy bamboos in our realized model,
with two bamboos completing a curve from one side to the other side of
the project.
The bamboo
was cut two days prior to use. This ensured it was still soft and
flexible during construction and would subsequently become rigid once
built. It is however possible to keep the bamboo alive after construction and thus ensure the structure remains green and supple.
We acquired gas pipes from the local market to make a base for the bamboo,
but did not fix the base to the ground. In so doing we provided for the
possibility of moving the structure by simply taking out the bamboos
from the pips and installing them again in another location.
This distinctive structure provides highly cost effective shelter and
emergency housing. The total cost for a structure covering
approximately 40m² was €700, while the unique shape provides reasonable
resistance against horizontal forces such as strong winds or
earthquakes.
Furthermore it can be built by non-professionals and can be constructed by three people in merely two days.
In completing the membrane we collected bunches of cropped rice streams
from one of the many post-harvest rice fields in the area. Each bunch
was wrapped together at the top and the structure was covered by
overlapping these bunches around it.
A major benefit of using rice streams for this purpose is that when they
become wet in rainy weather, they expand to the extent that they do not
allow rain to pass through the membrane. On the other hand in sunny and
warm weather they become dry and allow wind to pass through lots of
small holes, providing natural cool ventilation. However, in every part
of the world local material can be utilized thereby changing the
appearance of the structure to reflect its setting while ensuring costs
are kept low.
0 comments:
Post a Comment